The role of quantitative methods in testing developmental

BEST PRACTICES IN QUANTITATIVE. METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENTALISTS. CONTENTS. EDITORS' PREFACE vii. INTRODUCTION TO THE MONOGRAPH. Kathleen McCartney, Margaret Burchinal, and Kristen L. Bub 1. I. DATA MANAGEMENT: RECOMMENDED PRACTICES. Margaret Burchinal and Eloise Neebe 9. II. MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND PSYCHOMETRICS METHODS. IN DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH. Richard G. Lambert, Lauren Nelson, Denise Brewer, and Margaret Burchinal 24. III. MISSING DATA: WHAT TO DO WITH OR WITHOUT THEM. Keith F. Widaman 42. IV. GROWTH CURVE ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VARIOUS. METHODS FOR ANALYZING LONGITUDINAL DATA. Margaret Burchinal, Lauren Nelson, and Michele Poe 65. V. CONTEMPORARY ADVANCES AND CLASSIC ADVICE FOR. ANALYZING MEDIATING AND MODERATING VARIABLES. Eric Dearing and Lawrence C. Hamilton 88. VI. SELECTION, DETECTION, AND REFLECTION. Kathleen McCartney, Kristen L. Bub, and Margaret Burchinal 105. VII. THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF FINDINGS. Roger Bakeman 127. CONTRIBUTORS 146. STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 149